Metro Briefing | New York: Inlet: Body Found In Adirondacks

Published: August 6, 2001

State police officials said the body of a North Syracuse man was discovered by hikers at the foot of a 62-foot cliff near the summit of Rocky Mountain in the Adirondacks. The authorities said they believed that the man, David Murdock, 44, fell to his death at the base of the Hamilton County cliff, where he lay for several days before hikers found him on Friday. The police are investigating the death.